Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church | |
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| Location | 5253 N. Kenmore Ave., Chicago, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°58′19″N 87°39′37″W / 41.97194°N 87.66028°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architect | Frederick B. Townsend |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000503[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 10, 2008 |
The Epworth United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was built in the Romanesque style and is noted for its exterior walls of brown, rusticated boulders. The church was completed in 1891, becoming the second church in Edgewater after the completion of the Episcopal Church of the Atonement in 1889. The structure was enlarged in 1930. The final service at the church was on May 15, 2022.
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008[2][1][3] and was designated as a Chicago Landmark on June 21, 2023.[4]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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